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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments
Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections
Vigil for dead farmers held outside Indian Visa and Passport application center in Canada
South Asian activists came together to remember more than 60 farmers, who have laid down their lives during the ongoing agitation in India on Sunday, January 10 in Surrey.
Will Rajbanshis play kingmaker in West Bengal assembly polls?
The community that is influential in nearly half of the state’s assembly constituencies, has been fighting a long battle for recognition and respect
Covid vaccination drive to kick off on January 16
Meanwhile, a tribal man has died after getting test dose, family alleges his consent was not taken, nor proof of vaccination given
MHA credits Home Minister with quelling Delhi riots, public investigations find otherwise
Ministry of Home Affairs Review 2020 hails Amit Shah for handling the communal riots well, but three independent fact finding reports countered that months ago
Pak court sentences Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years in prison
The anti-terrorism court in Lahore found LeT commander guilty of terror financing among other charges
100 MPs write to British PM about farmers’ protest in India
Letter initiated by British MP from Slough, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi gets cross-party support
Facebook, Twitter suspend Trump’s accounts
Given how much hate he has been allowed to spread, and violence he has incited via social media, is this a case of too little too late?
Farmers create new protest site at Gangaicha border, intensify struggle
Farmer leaders claim that the united front will help bridge former disagreements and work to protect India’s natural resources.
We will either die or win! Talks between farmers and the Centre remain inconclusive
Tensions high, farmers maintained a strict silence following the Centre’s declaration that farmers' main demand cannot be accepted.
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